RUMOR: WWE Planning New York City WrestleMania, Not At Performance Center?

How WWE of them. On Monday, WWE announced that they would be moving WrestleMania 36 from Raymond James Stadium to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The new venue would have no fans present at the event as the change was forced to be made due to the spread of the Coronavirus. This was one of the biggest changes imaginable, and we might be in for another big change.

With so many changes taking place at once, it seems rather clear that things are being switched up in the blink of an eye. These rapid fire changes are causing a lot of people to be amazed at what they are seeing and with good reason. Who in the world would have ever believed that we could be heading for WrestleMania at the Performance Center? It turns out that even WWE might not have been.

According to the Fight Oracle Twitter account, which has successfully broken stories in the past, WWE will not be holding WrestleMania at the Performance Center and never planned to. The idea behind the announcement was to satisfy their insurance policy saying that they attempted to find a new venue. Instead, WWE will be attempting to run the show on June 7 in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The theory is that the Orlando or Florida government will shut down WrestleMania in the Performance Center, allowing WWE to satisfy the insurance policy and move the show to a larger venue.

**HUGE WRESTLEMANIA RUMOR**
>WrestleMania will NOT happen from the PC in Orlando. Why?
>WWE’s insurance policy says they have a duty to mitigate damages (in this case that means finding a new venue)
>WWE announced WrestleMania as the new venue w/intent to satisfy that requirement

— Fight Oracle ™ (@fightoracle) March 17, 2020

>the thought is the City of Orlando will shut down the Wrestlemania event from the PC
>at this point, WWE will have shown they tried their best to move the event (mitigate damages) and they’d get paid by their insurer
>WWE will look to stage WrestleMania June 7. MSG is targeted

— Fight Oracle ™ (@fightoracle) March 17, 2020

>Of course everything is fluid. Everything at this point is a rumor until Kennedy McMahon makes the call.
>it just doesn’t make sense to run WM from the PC. Just part of the insurance claim process

— Fight Oracle ™ (@fightoracle) March 17, 2020

*Meant WWE announced the PC as the new WrestleMania venue w/intent to satisfy that requirement of the insurance policy.

— Fight Oracle ™ (@fightoracle) March 17, 2020

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Opinion: This is the kind of thing where I could imagine it taking place, but I’m not sure how likely it really is. Right now, there is absolutely no guarantee that New York City will be ready to hold the show in June or even months after that. It sounds a lot better than running the show at the Performance Center, but is it a realistic option at this point? WWE may be willing to gamble on that, but if it doesn’t work, I have no idea when or where the show could take place.

Do you think this will work? When do you think the show will take place? Let us know in the comments below.

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