RAW To Be Postponed Again Due To Storm?

[Prince Bálor]

For the second time in a year, WWE Monday Night RAW is in danger of being postponed.

Monday's episode is scheduled to take place at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. Tropical Storm Erika, which devastated the Caribbean island of Dominica yesterday, is expected to hit Tampa on Monday afternoon. Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a state of emergency, saying that Erika posed a "severe threat to the entire state." The storm is weakening, and could be downgraded to a tropical depression by Saturday.

The Amalie Arena issued the following statement on their Facebook and Twitter accounts:

Amalie Arena and our partners at WWE are aware of Tropical Storm Erika's potential impact to our area in advance of WWE Raw on Monday, August 31. At this time, the event is not cancelled.
However, we are keeping the storm top of mind. Any updates to this information will be made here and on amaliearena.com.

Earlier this year, the post-Royal Rumble RAW in Hartford, CT was postponed, and instead highlights of the Rumble were shown with live interviews from WWE studios in Stamford cut in. The following night's SmackDown in Boston ended up being cancelled, and instead the show emanated live that Thursday from Hartford.

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Hopefully everyone stays safe in Tampa.
And if RAW does get postponed, then hopefully we get Heyman talking for 3 hours. :smirk2:

 

[Wacokid27]

Okay, this is weird. I remember a few years back when Hurricane Rita or Katrina or Ike or whichever one had devastated the Gulf coast of the U.S., they just moved the Raw and Smackdown sites and went back on another swing through the original sites later on. That's why we had an episode of Monday Night Raw emanating from Waco, Texas.

Why don't they just move the show north again?

wk

 

[CM Punk]

Okay, this is weird. I remember a few years back when Hurricane Rita or Katrina or Ike or whichever one had devastated the Gulf coast of the U.S., they just moved the Raw and Smackdown sites and went back on another swing through the original sites later on. That's why we had an episode of Monday Night Raw emanating from Waco, Texas.

Why don't they just move the show north again?

wk

I'm guessing cost related stuff.
Last year they recorded stuff from WWE headquarters which will probably happen again.

 

[Wacokid27]

I'm guessing cost related stuff.
Last year they recorded stuff from WWE headquarters which will probably happen again.

That's a fair point. As I was thinking about it, it seemed like the change of site deal during that particular hurricane "event" (if you will) might have been after the storm had struck and due to the fact that the original sites had been damaged. I'm thinking they may have had a few weeks warning before needing to change. Having to change sites at essentially the last minute would be a lot more problematic.

I mentioned this to Mrs. Wacokid27 last night and she mentioned that it might be a good idea for WWE not to schedule shows in the gulf coast region during hurricane season (or in the northeast/midwest during the heart of winter, for that matter). I mean, there's always the possibility of last-second problems (tornadoes and earthquakes don't give much in the way of warning, for example), but it would seem like a smart call not to ask for trouble.

wk

 

[Lackin]

 

[TheTNHMaster]

"severe threat to the entire state" why was Rick Scott talking about him self when a hurricane is about to strike?

 

[Roadster]

It's expected to be a tropical depression by the time it hits Florida. Some strong torrential rains, nothing that's really gonna Katrina that shit up.