WWE's WrestleMania will be held on closed set next month in Florida

The Associated Press
March 17, 2020 at 7:42PM
WWE and former Gophers wrestler Brock Lesnar attended a meet at the University of Minnesota last season.
WWE and former Gophers wrestler Brock Lesnar attended a meet at the University of Minnesota last season. (Ken Chia — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

WrestleMania is down for the count.

World Wrestling Entertainment's annual wrestling extravaganza -- often called the Super Bowl of wrestling -- will not be held at the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Raymond James Stadium.

WWE, however, said it will still hold its scheduled April 5 card on the closed set at the organization's training facility in Orlando, Florida. WWE ran an empty arena edition of "Smackdown" last Friday and was set to run Monday's "RAW" from the performance center. That broadcast leaned heavily on matches from a previous pay-per-view event.

Former University of Minnesota wrestler Brock Lesnar is set to defend the WWE championship against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania. The show has been held annually in football stadiums in 2007 and usually draws some of the biggest crowds of the year for any sports entertainment event.

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