More on WWE Being Declared an “Essential Service” in Florida

WWE
Apr 14, 2020

As noted before, WWE resumed live weekly production for their television shows at the Performance Center starting with this past Monday’s episode of RAW. The company originally planned to tape several weeks worth of episodes for their shows this week but those plans were dropped due to a decision by Vince McMahon, who was speculated to be worried over the terms of WWE’s television contracts in regards to the number of taped shows allowed.

WWE being able to continue running live shows at the Performance Center despite Florida’s current shelter-at-home order was revealed to be due to a new executive order issued on Thursday by Florida governor Ron DeSantis. This order listed “professional sports and media production with a national audience” as “essential services” and allowed them to run in the state as long as they’re closed to the general public.

Spectrum News’s Stephanie Coueignoux and Jon Alba reported that prior to the new order by Florida’s governor, WWE had been informed multiple times over the past several weeks by the Orange County Sheriff that they were in violation of the state’s initial stay-at-home executive order and “advised them that they would have to close down.” Alba reported that the sheriff’s office was also called for yesterday’s Raw, but the new executive order had already been signed by then.

In an interesting note, Coueignoux and Alba also noted that Linda McMahon’s Super PAC had committed around $18.5 million to Florida on April 9th for President Donald Trump’s re-election efforts in the state. That same day, Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued the executive order declaring WWE and other sports as “essential services.”

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