[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat To be clear, the category of "essential media” WWE claims its tapings belong to is: "Workers who support radio, television, and media service, including, but not limited to front line news reporters, studio, and technicians for newsgathering and reporting.” Utter nonsense. — David Bixenspan (@davidbix) April 12, 2020 This is in regards to WWE resuming live tapings despite Orlando shutting down and a letter given to talent and staff in case officers or government officials tried to shut down their tapings. Impact gave a similar letter in case Tennessee state officials showed up during their tapings which didn't happen. AEW did have Georgia state officials show up during their tapings a couple weeks ago but mainly to make sure they were following public gathering rules and health safety for the coronavirus at that time.

At some point they are going to be shut down. It's way too irresponsible to be running shows. I'm sure they're currently trying to renegotiate whatever deals they have to find some sort of balance between providing content for USA and FOX that also allows them to get paid, because it's pretty fucking crucial for them at the moment.

My guess is that they will show classic content. Whether that's just going through the classic Raws and SmackDowns and airing the Takeovers or full PPVs (possibly with risque content edited out), but they will have to do something.

I wonder how AEW plans to get around it. I'm not a fan of them, but they don't have the classic library to show. At some point they're going to have to go dark too, which could be more of an XFL situation with Shad Khan pulling out if the TV deal money doesn't materialize.

Messy, messy times.