Live pro wrestling events could return to the states of Texas and Mississippi soon as Governors in both states have announced they are rescinding mask mandates and re-opening businesses and schools. The reason for that is due to a drop in COVID-19 cases.
Thus, WWE and AEW could go to these states to run shows.
Cody Rhodes commented on possibly running shows in Texas with AEW during the Revolution media conference call earlier this week.
“As vaccines become regular, I think there is going to be a large bounce back for people who want to get their entertainment safely and get back to the way things were. It will only behoove AEW in time because we never gave up and never flinched. Signings were still happening, big signings at that. Progress was still being made in the shows. We didn’t just pump out evergreen content and say ‘wait, we’ll be right back.’ We’ve been here the whole time. This was a good challenge for us and we met it headfirst. I think we set the standard for how wrestling can be done in the pandemic with how Keith Mitchell and Tim Whalburg shot from Daily’s Place, Tony’s application of the locker room and getting independent wrestlers out of work, some sort of work at AEW, and making them part of our crowd.”
Cody continued, “The testing protocols. It is overkill, but it needed to be and has provided a safe working environment. I’m ready for the next wave and I heard Texas just opened up, but we aren’t going to be the first to dip our toes into that water. We’re going to do this as safely and properly as we can so wrestling fans feel comfortable.”
H/T to Fightful
