{"id":116964,"date":"2021-04-11T14:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T19:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=116964"},"modified":"2021-04-11T14:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T19:05:41","slug":"4-10-wwe-wrestlemania-37-night-1-on-site-report-frustrations-with-mismarked-tickets-weather-delays-lack-of-social-distancing-and-mask-wearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/04\/11\/4-10-wwe-wrestlemania-37-night-1-on-site-report-frustrations-with-mismarked-tickets-weather-delays-lack-of-social-distancing-and-mask-wearing\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/10 WWE WrestleMania 37 Night 1 On-Site Report: Frustrations with mismarked tickets, weather delays, lack of social distancing and mask wearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-845614359\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>PWTorch reader William from San Diego sent the following report regarding his experience attending WrestleMania last night.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I attended WrestleMania 37 and I need to vent a little regarding how frustrating an experience it was.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, yes, while the show was much shorter than previous years, I actually felt more tired attending this first night than I did when I attended the notoriously long and tiring WrestleMania 35. It\u2019s currently 12 a.m. as I\u2019m writing this heading to my car, and I got here at around 3:30 p.m. Silly me thought gates would actually open at 4:30 (as was listed on my mobile ticket) and that the show would start at 6:30 (as was listed on my ticket, as well as in multiple emails I received from WWE and ticket master). Instead, gates opened at 5:00, and the show \u201cstarted\u201d at 8:00 (and then got delayed) and it finished around 12:00.<\/p>\n<p>So for all intents and purposes, this might as well have been an eight hour WrestleMania. In fact, an eight hour WrestleMania would\u2019ve been better because at least there would\u2019ve been matches to watch instead of just having to look at my phone the whole time waiting for the show to get started. And I wasn\u2019t the only one; hundreds of fans showed up early &#8211; at the announced gate opening time &#8211; because everyone was excited and ready for WrestlemMnia to get started!<\/p>\n<p>Now, obviously I can\u2019t blame WWE for the bad weather. But it didn\u2019t help. The least they could\u2019ve done was give out complementary rain ponchos (they didn\u2019t). But instead, I think (?) they were selling them in the merch stands(?) but they didn\u2019t advertise it anywhere (I only found this out through the Raymond James Stadium Twitter account) and I didn\u2019t even bother trying to buy one because the lines were so long and slow moving, and I was probably one of the few people there actually worried about social distancing or wearing their mask in a way that properly covered their nose.<\/p>\n<p>There were two severe weather warnings where everyone was evacuated to the concourse: the first one was issued literally 20 minutes after the gates opened, and the other one (as you know) literally as soon was WrestleMania started. The latter, from my perspective, really killed the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>I have no definite way of telling how \u201chot\u201d the crowd would\u2019ve been had that weather delay not happened, but judging by the intro where Vince McMahon came out with the entire locker room to welcome everyone in attendance, and the way everyone reacted to \u201cAmerica the beautiful,\u201d I know people were definitely excited, and the delay took some of that away.<\/p>\n<p>The saddest part is, I actually thought this was a fun show! But I was already feeling exhausted by the time the opening match started, and I\u2019m sure I wasn\u2019t the only one.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1687025929\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how it all came across on TV. I\u2019m excited to listen to the podcast for that reason alone. But, for now, I\u2019ve learned my lesson for night two: Show up late, and bring a poncho (even if it\u2019s 80 degrees and sunny outside when you leave your hotel).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live wrestling event, sent details to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@gmail.com\">pwtorch@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4035674011\"><div id=\"pwtor-2590976954\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>PWTorch reader William from San Diego sent the following report regarding his experience attending WrestleMania last night. 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