Snickers is again partnering with WWE for this year’s WrestleMania.
WWE and Mars, Incorporated have announced “an expansion of their long-standing partnership for 2020 in which Snickers will once again serve as the exclusive presenting partner of WrestleMania.” This is the fifth straight year that Snickers has been the presenting sponsor for the event.
The partnership will include WWE wrestlers taking part in Snickers’ new “Fix the World” ad campaign. There will be three custom commercials produced. The first will air on the March 23 episode of Raw, the second will air on the March 27 episode of SmackDown, and the third will air during WrestleMania 36.
WrestleMania is taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 5.
Snickers will also be a promotional partner for Extreme Rules in July, while Skittles will be the presenting partner for October’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.
The full press release from WWE and Mars, Incorporated is available below:
Mars, Incorporated and WWE today announced an expansion of their long-standing partnership for 2020 in which Snickers will once again serve as the exclusive presenting partner of WrestleMania, one of the largest sports and entertainment events in the world. The partnership marks the brand’s fifth consecutive year as presenting sponsor of WrestleMania, which takes place Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, and will stream live around the world at 7 p.m. ET on the award-winning WWE Network.
The expanded partnership will include three pieces of custom creative, featuring WWE Superstars promoting the new Snickers ‘Fix the World’ campaign. In the videos, the Superstars find their unique daily annoyances are solved after Snickers has fixed the world. The spots will air in WWE’s flagship TV programs beginning March 23 during Monday Night Raw on USA Network and March 27 during Friday Night SmackDown on FOX. The third spot will air during WrestleMania on WWE Network.
‘Our partnership has historically shown the power of Snickers to satisfy when WWE Superstars are hungry, and now we’re taking it to the next level by fixing things in their daily lives that are out of sorts,’ said Josh Olken, Brand Director, Snickers. ‘We’re excited to be back for the fifth year as the presenting sponsor of WrestleMania as we find new and relevant ways to provide satisfaction to the WWE’s passionate fan base.’
‘We are proud to partner with Mars Wrigley for the fifth consecutive year and incorporate WWE Superstars’ larger-than-life personalities into the next evolution of the popular Snickers campaign,’ said John Brody, WWE Executive Vice President, Global Head of Sales & Partnerships. ‘Our long-term partnership illustrates WWE’s unique ability to connect with fans across our global platforms and deliver valuable exposure for blue-chip brands.’
The partnership includes Snickers brand presence at WrestleMania Axxess, WWE’s five-day, interactive fan festival at the Tampa Convention Center, plus custom digital and social content sponsorships on WWE.com and WWE’s YouTube channel, which is the No. 1 most-viewed sports channel and No. 5 most-viewed channel in the world. Snickers will also serve as a promotional partner of WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view event in July 2020, and for the third consecutive year will be supported by a nationwide retail program available at all Dollar General stores to support the sale of co-branded WWE Snickers bars. The bars will be available mid-March through mid-April, while supplies last.
WWE’s expanded partnership with Mars will also highlight Skittles as the presenting partner of WWE’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event in October 2020. Skittles will be prominently featured as part of cross-platform media assets promoting WWE Hell in a Cell and will collaborate with WWE on production of a co-branded custom integration that will air in the telecast. Additional partnership activations will be unveiled in the coming months.
Becky Lynch officially has her opponent for WrestleMania 36.
Shayna Baszler won tonight’s Elimination Chamber main event and will challenge Lynch for the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania. Baszler used the Kirifuda Clutch to eliminate all five of her opponents tonight.
Baszler was the fourth wrestler to enter the Elimination Chamber. She immediately tapped out Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan with the Kirifuda Clutch, then used the move to eliminate Natalya.
Baszler waited for the next wrestler to enter. Liv Morgan came in, and she passed out in the Kirifuda Clutch as Baszler stared Asuka down.
Asuka was the final wrestler to enter the Chamber but also passed out in the Kirifuda Clutch.
Lynch was shown watching the Elimination Chamber match backstage twice as it was going on and after Baszler’s win. The build to their WrestleMania match kicked off last month with an angle where Baszler appeared on Raw, attacked Lynch, and bit her in the back of the neck.
WrestleMania 36 is taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 5.
Goldberg already has his challenger for WrestleMania 36.
WWE has confirmed that Goldberg will defend his Universal Championship against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. The match was announced after Reigns confronted Goldberg on tonight’s SmackDown.
Goldberg opened tonight’s show after defeating “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt to win the Universal Championship at Super ShowDown. He was interrupted by Reigns, who had a staredown with Goldberg and then told him “I’m next.”
The Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had previously announced that there would be an Elimination Chamber match on March 8 to determine who would challenge for the Universal title at WrestleMania. WWE never officially added that match to the Elimination Chamber card.
Goldberg and Reigns played college football at rival schools, with Goldberg going to the University of Georgia and Reigns going to Georgia Tech. Both wrestlers also use the spear as signature moves.
Reigns was also in action at Super ShowDown yesterday. He defeated Baron Corbin in a steel cage match.
WrestleMania 36 is taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 5.
On the Saturday night Wrestling Observer Radio (sub needed), Dave Meltzer said that this year’s planned WWE WrestleMania card is already undergoing some major changes.
Meltzer said that especially on the SmackDown side of the card, every match has “changed or is in danger of changing.” That includes WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns and John Cena vs. Elias which Meltzer said, as of now, appear to be off.
Meltzer didn’t give any reasons why the changes are being made, but he and guest host Garrett Gonzales speculated it might mean a change for the upcoming Fiend-Goldberg title match at the Saudi Arabia Super ShowDown event or perhaps Cena getting a title shot instead.
He also said that the SmackDown women’s title match between Bayley and Naomi was planned for WrestleMania, but was moved to Saudi Arabia instead.
Here’s a look at some announced/expected matches for this year’s WrestleMania from Tampa, FL:
Charlotte Flair is officially challenging for Rhea Ripley’s NXT Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36.
Charlotte made a surprise appearance at NXT TakeOver: Portland tonight, attacking Ripley after Ripley retained her title against Bianca Belair. Charlotte then got on the microphone and announced that she’ll see Ripley at WrestleMania.
After accepting Ripley’s challenge, Charlotte laid her out with Natural Selection and posed with Ripley’s NXT Women’s title belt. Charlotte also threw Belair into the steel steps after leaving the ring.
In storyline, Royal Rumble winner Charlotte could choose to challenge for the Raw, SmackDown, or NXT Women’s Championship at WrestleMania. Ripley appeared on Raw earlier this month and challenged Charlotte to choose her. Charlotte was also on NXT that week and was laid out by Ripley and Belair.
On Raw last Monday, Ripley defeated Sarah Logan and then cut a promo saying she wanted an answer from Charlotte. Charlotte pointed out that we didn’t even know if Ripley would still be NXT Women’s Champion after TakeOver: Portland.
WrestleMania 36 is taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Sunday, April 5.
Meltzer said the plan is believed to be for Cena to wrestle Elias, a decision he called “underwhelming.” Cena interrupted Elias’ “concert” at last year’s WrestleMania in his Doctor of Thuganomics character and gave Elias the Attitude Adjustment/F.U. The two also had a confrontation at WrestleMania 34 before Cena lost to the Undertaker in a quick and surprise match.
On last week’s WWE Backstage, Cena was announced as returning to WWE TV on the Friday, February 28th edition of SmackDown from Boston, MA. Meltzer said the angle for his Mania return will likely kick off on that show.
The 42-year-old Cena hasn’t competed in a WWE ring since January 2019 when he was in a triple threat match with Finn Balor and Drew McIntyre. He last appeared on WWE TV last July in a SmackDown rap battle segment with the Usos.
Last week, Meltzer confirmed that the Undertaker vs. AJ Styles is also planned for the WWE’s biggest show of the year. He added on last night’s show that Goldberg is not in the plans for Mania.
Other matches that have been announced or planned to be announced for April 5th include WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. McIntyre, WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns, Edge vs. Randy Orton, NXT Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair.
A big first-time matchup is planned for WrestleMania 36.
Dave Meltzer has confirmed that The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles is currently on the scheduled card for WrestleMania. The match being planned for WrestleMania was first reported by WrestleZone yesterday.
The Undertaker didn’t wrestle at WrestleMania 35 last year. He was in action twice in 2019, defeating Goldberg at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia in June and teaming with Roman Reigns to defeat Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre at Extreme Rules in July.
Undertaker also made an appearance when SmackDown took place at Madison Square Garden in September.
Styles has been out of action since separating his shoulder in last month’s men’s Royal Rumble match. WWE.com noted on February 3 that Styles was “recovering way ahead of doctor’s projections.”
Styles has been announced as one of the participants for the Tuwaiq Trophy gauntlet match at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, February 27. Andrade, Rusev, Bobby Lashley, R-Truth, and Erick Rowan will also be in the match.
WrestleMania 36 will take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Sunday, April 5.
Rhea Ripley made an appearance on Raw tonight, challenging Charlotte Flair to a match at WrestleMania 36.
After saying she needed more time to think about her WrestleMania opponent last week, Charlotte appeared on Raw this week and started to talk about who she should challenge after winning this year’s Royal Rumble match. She mentioned that she is a ten time champion, and has also defeated both Raw Women’s champion Becky Lynch and SmackDown women’s champion Bayley in the past.
NXT champion Rhea Ripley then came out. She told Charlotte that there is one person she hasn’t beaten, and that is herself. She also mentioned that she is the one that has a win over Flair. Ripley then issued the challenge for WrestleMania.
Charlotte didn’t answer her, leaving the ring.
The two, representing NXT (Ripley) and Raw (Charlotte), faced off at Survivor Series in an elimination match that also featured a team from SmackDown. While Charlotte was eliminated by SmackDown’s Lacey Evans, NXT won the match with Candice LeRae, Io Shirai and Ripley surviving.
With the Royal Rumble in the books, which saw Drew McIntyre win the men’s match and Charlotte Flair taking the women’s bout, the top of the WrestleMania card is taking shape.
The 4/5 show at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa is currently planned to have Brock Lesnar vs. McIntyre for the WWE title, Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns for the Universal title, Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler for the Raw women’s title, Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair for the NXT women’s title and Edge vs. Randy Orton as the top bouts. Right now Undertaker is not booked on the card, but the sides are in discussions regarding his participation.
What’s notable is that in all the plans until the last week, Reigns and Baszler were scheduled as the Rumble winners. Vince McMahon changed his mind about a week ahead of time. We don’t know exactly when, but significant money came in on Flair to win on 1/19, so that’s a pretty good hint.
The first match for WrestleMania 36 is now official.
The night after winning the men’s Royal Rumble match, Drew McIntyre opened Raw by announcing that he’s going to challenge Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36. McIntyre eliminated Lesnar in the Rumble match after Lesnar had started off by eliminating 13 other wrestlers.
During the Rumble, McIntyre gave Lesnar a Claymore Kick over the top rope after Ricochet hit a low blow on Lesnar.
McIntyre last eliminated Roman Reigns to win the Royal Rumble.
McIntyre also issued an open challenge in the opening segment of tonight’s Raw. He pinned Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson in a handicap match after hitting Claymore Kicks on both. McIntyre threw Gallows and Anderson out of the ring after the match but was then ambushed by Lesnar. Lesnar gave McIntyre an F-5 and posed with the WWE title belt.
WrestleMania 36 is taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 5.
NEW JAPAN FROM KORAKUEN HALL MONDAY AT 5:30 A.M. ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Desperado
TJP & Clark Connors vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori
Sho & Yoh vs. Volador Jr. & Titan
Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles vs. Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi
Raw is tonight from St. Louis, with Jerry Lawler hosting a Divorce Court segment with Lana and Rusev, Seth Rollins vs. Erick Rowan in a falls count anywhere match and Becky Lynch vs. Kairi Sane in a non-title match.
NEW JAPAN ON WEDNESDAY AT 6 A.M. EASTERN FROM SHIZUOKA ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
Yota Tsuji & Tomoaki Honma vs. TJP & Karl Fredericks
Titan & Volador Jr. vs.; Douki & Desperado
Jushin Liger & Clark Connors vs.; El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori
Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi & Bushi & Sanada vs. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii & Toa Henare vs. Jay White & KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi
Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura vs. Sho & Yoh in tag tournament
Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi-Hashi & Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi
AEW FROM CHARLESTON, WV AT 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY ON TNT
Chris Jericho & Cody contract signing
Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian vs. Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix in tag title finals with Rock & Roll Express presenting the AEW tag belts to the winners
Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. Jack Evans & Angelico & Kip Sabian
Hangman Page vs. Sammy Guevara
NXT FROM WINTER PARK, FL AT 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY ON USA
Cameron Grimes vs. Tyler Bate
Kairi Sane & Asuka vs. Dakota Kai & Tegan Nox for women’s tag titles
With both nights of the draft, free agent roster additions, and even a trade now out of the way, the new rosters for Raw and SmackDown look to be set.
WWE’s handling of the draft may have been lackluster, but this is a pivotal time for the company. If WWE is really going to commit to the brand split and making Raw and SmackDown stand out as different from each other, they need to get the roster mix right. They’re also working with two different television partners and will need to make sure FOX and USA Network don’t feel like they’re playing second fiddle to the other.
WWE is a promotion that’s overloaded with talent. That would seem like the ideal environment for a brand split, but the company’s lack of top-tier stars has been a barrier to the roster split’s long-term sustainability. When there’s a ratings slip, it’s easy to say Becky Lynch or Roman Reigns not being on both shows is the reason for it. And while the Wild Card rule may not have been overly popular, any of its short-term effects were probably a positive for ratings.
Here’s what the new Raw and SmackDown rosters look like coming out of the draft:
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We have a huge double issue this week, with a special Hall of Fame feature, some shocking ratings news from overseas, New Japan’s international expansion, Randy Couture’s heart attack and coverage of the major shows.We also cover:
The situation with Nate Diaz and why the UFC 244 main event looks to be in jeopardy.
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s opening up a new U.S. outpost. We look at what the goals of the company are for 2020, who is in charge, why they are in charge, who surprisingly isn’t involved and why. We look at how the U.S. market has changed for New Japan, ticket sales for the upcoming shows, how it would be best served for New Japan in this market and the lessons learned from what they’ve done so far.
The difference between the fans in Japan and the U.S. for New Japan, the type of buildings they are looking at running and the ultimate goals.
Update on the situation with Randy Couture.
WWE Crown Jewel, with the lineup and circumstances of the show.
AAA Heroes Inmortales with the Kenny Omega vs Fenix AAA title change as well as a look at the rest of the show.
Xavier Woods, have all the Canadian TV ratings, 2020 NXT plans, Randy Orton update, Seth Rollins talks Kenny Omega, WWE news regarding lineup for the Mexico City show, major WWE signing, Update on 205 Live, WWE 2K commercial news, former Lucha Underground star talking with WWE, Dana White talks Cain Velasquez in WWE, former New Japan star teaching at performance center, reasons for the stock price decline, most watched shows this past week on the WWE Network, as well as a rundown of all the NXT and WWE shows, with match-by-match coverage and business news.
Impact Bound for Glory, with match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
A huge feature looking at the 2019 Hall of Fame elections, strongest and weakest candidates with bios on a lot of the different performers. We look at everyone’s strengths ad weaknesses as well as the leading still active candidates.
A complete rundown of the Wednesday night wars over the past two weeks, how both shows are doing in every segment and with every demo group. We look at the median age of viewers, how the World Series affected viewing and more.
Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
The results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw, Smackdown ratings, Albert Hardie Jr. on Wrestling Observer Radio. We’ll also be taking your email questions that you can send to [email protected]
Jay Lethal suffered a broken arm in his match with PCO in Bolton, UK at the ROH show. Brody King suffered a knee injury on Friday’s show at York Hall in London. No word on the seriousness of either injury.
Just a note that the weekend coming up will have:
MLW’s first PPV on Saturday
UFC 244 with Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal on Saturday
Canelo Alvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev on Saturday
Power Struggle from Osaka at 2 a.m. Eastern late Saturday night
DDT from Sumo Hall on the DDT service late Saturday
Dragon Gate on late Sunday night on the Dragon Gate network with English commentary
Big Japan from Sumo Hall late Sunday
For those of you looking to watch UFC 244 elsewhere, Buffalo Wild Wings is serving up a limited edition BMF wing sauce for customers who come in on Saturday night. That’s to commemorate Diaz and Masvidal fighting for the one-time-only BMF title with Dwayne Johnson presenting the belt to the winner in Madison Square Garden.
WWE
Steve Austin’s new show on the WWE Network called Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions, which will be interview segments with different wrestlers, debuts Thursday on the WWE Network. Austin’s prior interviews were the most-watched non-PPV programming on the network in the past.
Regarding Albert Hardie Jr., Titus O’Neil wrote “I am 100 percent in agreement that the shirt is very distasteful. That being said,bringing others into this to vent your frustrations or issues that have nothing to do with WWE or the shirt is also very distasteful. If it’s for the culture, don’t attack those in it!!!”
Evolve is letting you pick Evan Bourne’s opponent for shows on 11/9 in Queens, NY, 11/10 in Brooklyn, 12/6 in Livonia, MI and 12/7 in Chicago. They have a limited number of choices so you can’t pick Ricochet or anything like that. Voting is at @WWNEVOLVE on twitter. They also announced for 11/9 in Queens, Arturo Ruas & Anthony Gutierrez vs. Joe Gacy & Sean Maluta and for 11/10 in Brooklyn, Ruas vs. Eddie Kingston. Andrew Everett also returns to Evolve on 12/;6 and 12/7.
A quick correction from what we had for a few hours yesterday. The San Juan main event was Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt on Saturday. Rollins vs. A.J. Styles was the main event in Fort Lauderdale on Friday.
MMA Fighting has reported Herbert Burns vs. Nate Landwehr with both making their UFC debuts on a 1/25 show. Burns earned a shot by winning on the Dana White contenders series and Ladnwehyur is the M-1 Global featherweight champion.
AEW
Luchasaurus appeared on Saturday night at a show for Pure Pro Wrestling in Saginaw, MI. He was booked to wrestle, but has a hamstring injury. He still came and interfered in the main event, helping CJ Anderson beat Kongo Kong.
MISCELLANEOUS
Among the events scheduled for Starrcast are:
11/7
10 p.m. Starrcast Karaoke with Tony Schiavone
1/8
11 a.m. Colt Cabana podcast
1 p.m. Taz interviews Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus
2:30 p.m. Young Bucks talk show
4 p.m. Jim Ross interviews Jon Moxley
5:30 p.m Kenny McIntosh interviews
7 p.m. Tony Schiavone talks Jim Crockett Promotions with Jim & David Crockett
8:30 p.m. Starrcast talk show
11/9
10 a.m. Lex Luger and Ricky Steamboat
Noon Great Muta
2 p.m.. Ron Simmons
4 p.m.Madusa, Missy Hyatt and Baby Doll
11:30 pm. Full Gear After party
Impact last night did a special TV show that will air on the Tuesday of Thanksgiving weekend called Throwback Throwdown. It was a studio show with people dressing like it was the 1980s including Michael Elgin & Mad Man Fulton playing a bald Russian tag team.
Low Ki vs. Brian Pillman Jr. was added to Saturday’s MLW PPV show.
AML Wrestling from last night in Winston-Salem, NC: Markus Kross & Griff Garrison b James Ryan & Chance Ryzer, Chip Day b Brandon Scott, Billy Brash b Franco Varga, Colby Corino b Jason Kincaid, Zane & Dave Dawson b Gym Nasty Boys, CW Anderson b Preston Quinn. Next show is 12/1 at the conclusion of the WrestleCade weekend convention(thanks to Brad Stutts)
Combate Americas has weigh-ins for its Friday night show on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Central time at the Curtis Culwell Center in the Dallas area.
WWE has confirmed when tickets for WrestleMania 36 will be going on sale.
WWE sent out a press release today announcing ticket details for next year’s WrestleMania. They’ll go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, November 15, with standard ticket prices listed as ranging from $35-$1,000 before service charges and facility fees.
Gold Circle VIP packages will also be available and range from $2,000-$2,500. They include “seating in the first nine rows ringside, access to a Gold Circle VIP Stadium Entrance, and a commemorative WrestleMania take-home folding chair.”
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida is hosting WrestleMania 36 on Sunday, April 5, 2020. The stadium’s website lists that pre-sale tickets will go on sale starting at 10 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, November 13.
WrestleMania travel packages are going on sale next Tuesday (November 5) at noon Eastern time. They’ll include tickets to the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, SmackDown, NXT TakeOver, WrestleMania, and Raw.
With SmackDown now on Fridays, the Hall of Fame ceremony is listed as being held on Thursday, April 2. The Amalie Arena in Tampa will host the HOF ceremony, SmackDown, NXT TakeOver, and Raw. WrestleMania Axxess will take place at the Tampa Convention Center.
The host city for WrestleMania 36 will be formally announced at a press event this morning.
It’s been expected that WrestleMania 36 would take place in Tampa, Florida, and that has now been confirmed by WWE. Raymond James Stadium will be the venue for WrestleMania 36. Sunday, April 5, 2020 will be the date for the show.
This will be the second time in four years that Florida has hosted WrestleMania. It will also be the fourth WrestleMania to take place in Florida. Orlando hosted WrestleMania 33 in 2017 and WrestleMania XXIV in 2008, while Miami hosted WrestleMania XXVIII in 2012.
Raymond James Stadium is the home of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is where the XFL’s Tampa Bay team will play their home games when the league kicks off in 2020.
The WrestleMania announcement press conference is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Eastern time and will be available to watch below:
As expected, Tampa, Florida is set to be officially confirmed as the host city for WrestleMania 36.
WWE has announced that they’ll be making a “very important announcement” in Tampa Bay at 11 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow (Thursday, March 7). The Tampa Bay Times confirmed that the press event is to formally announce Raymond James Stadium (the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) as the host of WrestleMania 36.
WrestleMania 36 will take place on Sunday, April 5, 2020.
This will be the second time in four years that WrestleMania has been held in Florida. Camping World Stadium in Orlando hosted WrestleMania 33 in 2017.
The XFL’s Tampa Bay team will also play their home games at Raymond James Stadium. Former Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman was introduced as the head coach and general manager of the Tampa Bay XFL team yesterday.
Tomorrow’s announcement will stream live on WWE’s YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter pages.
