NXT weekend shows canceled, MLW still running Friday, more postponements

The wrestling world continues to react to the coronavirus outbreak and the large gathering bans happening around the United States. 

NXT

• Friday’s show in Venice, Florida, was canceled as Sarasota County canceled all public events. That news was not formally announced by their or WWE’s Twitter account as of this writing.
• Saturday’s show in Daytona, Florida, at the Midtown Cultural & Educational Center was also canceled by the mayor. However, you can still buy tickets on Ticketmaster as of this wriing, nor has WWE or NXT officially announced it.

MLW

• Their Friday Fusion TV taping with AAA in Tijuana, Mexico, is moving forward as planned even though they haven’t acknowledged as such on social media or to requests for comment. However, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson is reporting Court Bauer will not be in attendance as he is reportedly “in the middle of negotiating what we are told is “high level TV talks” and has been back and forth between LA and NYC working on a deal.” Konnan and Mr. Saint Laurent will be running the show tonight which will cover weeks of TV.

Other Shows

• The Bullet Club Beach Party set for Mania week in Tampa, FL, has been canceled.
• The WrestleCon promoters put out a video answering questions about their Tampa show.
• WWN said their WRESTLExpo dates during WrestleMania week will follow WWE’s lead.
• The Kevin Owens Inside The Ropes One Night Only event has been rescheduled for June 5th in Glasgow, Scotland.
• EVOLVE’s weekend shows in Chicago, IL. and Livonia, MI, were postponed to May 8th and 9th, respectively. The tryouts/seminars were also rescheduled to those dates as well.
• The EVOLVE March 27-29 Recruitment Camp in Port Richey, FL, is still happening as scheduled.