WWE WrestleMania 37, 38 & 39 Dates & Locations Confirmed

WrestleMania 37, 38 & 39’s locations and dates have all been revealed by WWE.

During a creative (if surreal) promotional video, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Roman Reigns, Sasha Banks, and John Cena all helped announce the news regrading where and when the next three ‘Manias will be going down.

This year’s ‘Mania 37 has been moved from the original date of March 28 and is set to be yet another two-night affair, airing on April 10 & 11, with WWE seemingly doubling down on last year’s pirate-themed Show of Shows. Also, the comapny will finally be bringing their showpiece event to Tampa, Florida’s Raymond James Stadium after pulling the show due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

WrestleMania 38 will then arrive in Arlington, Texas’ AT&T Stadium on April 3, 2022. This stadium is obviously famous for being the location where WWE reportedly broke their attendance record at WrestleMania 32, with a whopping 101,000 fans in attendance.

And finally, ‘Mania 39 will take place inside of Los Angels’ SoFi Stadium on April 2, 2023. As you’ll likely remember, this ‘WrestleMania Goes Hollywood’ event was initially set to go down at ‘Mania 37. However, it’s clear that those plans have been seriously effected by the current global situation and WWE’s reaction to it.

On top of all this, it appears that the company will be trying to reintroduce fans to their arenas at this year’s event, with WWE’s official press release on the news stating that they “will announce ticket availability and safety protocols for WrestleMania 37 in the coming weeks.”

For now, though, let’s all just celebrate the fact that we won’t have to endure 9 hours of ‘Mania content in one single sitting…in 2021, at least.

Stanton donates 15,000 face shields to New York, L.A. hospitals

Giancarlo Stanton is stepping up for his communities that need help during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Yankees star announced Wednesday that he donated 15,000 face shields to health care facilities in both New York and his native Los Angeles, according to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. He plans to try to donate more going forward as needed.

“They’re going out just as fast as they can be made,” Stanton said. “I’ll keep checking on where they’re needed most.”

Stanton was prompted to act by stories from his friends and family who contracted and since recovered from COVID-19. He also made it a point to donate the equipment to hospitals that serve minority communities in both cities and have fewer resources for their doctors and health workers.

“The African-American and Latino communities are hit the hardest,” Stanton said. “Those hospitals have the least resources. They were depleted.”

The 30-year-old is also working with “companies that were redirecting their manufacturing to helping the cause.”

Stanton appeared in just 18 regular-season games for the Yankees in 2019. He’s currently in Tampa, where he’s working out at the team’s spring training facility. The former National League MVP added that he’s hopeful a season can begin if it’s safe to do so.

Cathy Kelley On Why She Left WWE, Sean Waltman’s Reaction To Her Departure

Former WWE on-air talent Cathy Kelley recently appeared on the “Better Together” podcast with WWE celebrity friend Maria Menounos.

Regarding her career in pro wrestling, Cathy said it was a hard decision to leave WWE as the company and the business in general means so much to her. Cathy said she found pro wrestling after moving to Los Angeles a few years back and getting the job with AfterBuzz. She said she moved to Los Angeles with nothing but a dream, not knowing a soul. She recalled how she first met some people in LA who didn’t have her best interest in mind, but then she got the AfterBuzz job, discovered wresting, and met people who became friends and then like family.

Cathy said she’s done a lot of reflecting in the week she’s been gone from WWE, and she’s thought about how she’s had so many pivotal moments in her career & life that felt like a setback or where she felt stagnant, but then she moved forward when she removed herself from those situations or they removed themselves. The decision to leave WWE was about timing and trusting her gut, trusting her intuition – something she feels like she’s really good at.

There’s no word yet on what Cathy will be doing in her post-WWE career but she said she genuinely feels like her career and her journey is just beginning, and that this is not the height of where she’s going to be. She mentioned being able to move forward after learning what she did in her early years in Los Angeles, to the vast amount of information and skills she picked up while with WWE.

Menounos asked Kelley about the decision to leave a high-profile job without another job waiting.

Cathy confirmed that she does not have another job waiting, and admitted there’s always a fear of leaving but she had more confidence about what she could accomplish in moving to her next chapter. She said she just knew it was the right time to leave WWE, and she felt like she had really planted a lot of seeds to help her grow with. Cathy said there are so many things she’s always wanted to do in her career – get into acting, executive produce a show, create content, write a book, write a screenplay, continue to grow as a host, and more.

Cathy also talked about the grueling WWE schedule, something every current and former WWE talent agrees on. She was facing a problem where WWE took up all of her time and prevented her from working on other projects, and from doing non-work things.

“It’s so time consuming because you are traveling so much,” Cathy said. “Me being me, I wanted to do everything, so I wanted to work as much as possible, which also meant being away from Los Angeles, which I just moved to, and that would not have allowed me to continue to do the other things, or work on the other things that I wanted to do.”

Cathy said she would be on the road with WWE from Tuesday – Saturday, leaving out on the road on Tuesday and getting back home on Saturdays. She said she would spend Mondays taking other meetings or sleeping, or catching up with the few friends she could still make time for. She said her brain felt overloaded because she was on a weird sleep schedule, then she was constantly changing things at work for WWE, and memorizing whatever she had to for WWE, that she hit her mental overload limit. Cathy agreed with Maria that the tough schedule may have started to tax her health, comparing everything to a matchbook that was slowly burning out.

Cathy said she’s excited for her next chapter. She also said she hadn’t taken a proper weekend or even a show off since starting with WWE, and if she did it was to work on another project. She realizes you have to pick or choose with your time if working in the entertainment industry, and that it takes a lot of discipline. She recalled how she had to stay in Orlando this past November and miss the Thanksgiving holiday with her family due to her WWE obligations and schedule. She revealed that her mother advised her not to quit WWE, and said one of the first people she told was WWE Hall of Famer Sean Waltman, another AfterBuzz alumni. Cathy said Waltman said he didn’t want to see her go because he felt like she was just hitting her stride.

Cathy was also asked about social media and she said she recently realized how toxic social media can be, Instagram more than Twitter. She said she’s limiting her time on social media apps, and she believes social media is at its best when people are being authentic. Cathy also mentioned that she started seeing a therapist about a month ago, and it was one of the best decisions she’s made in her life.

Cathy was a host and on-air personality for pro wrestling recap shows on Maria’s AfterBuzz TV network before WWE signed her in February 2016. She decided to finish up with WWE this month, her final night being last Sunday’s WWE NXT “Takeover: Portland” event. Stay tuned for updates on what’s next for Cathy.

WWE WrestleMania 37 Confirmed For Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium

WWE have confirmed – following months of heavy speculation – that 2021’s WrestleMania will be hosted in Los Angeles.

The city’s mayor Eric Garcetti, alongside his Inglewood counterpart James T. Butts Jr., this morning announced that the unofficially titled WrestleMania 37 will emanate from SoFi Stadium on Sunday, 28 March.

The brand new $5 billion venue had been openly courting a big event as preparation for hosting the SuperBowl in 2022, with WWE’s biggest show of the year touted as a potential candidate.

“Many people are more excited about us hosting WrestleMania than the Olympics,” Butts told the assembled press. He went on: “WrestleMania brings excitement and is followed by almost every age demographic. With the scheduling of this marquee event, we can say without contradiction, the only thing that has changed in Inglewood is… everything.”

Although precise details on the exact configuration are obviously not confirmed, SoFi Stadium’s 70,240 base capacity can be expanded to 100,240 for an event of this type. Come next March, we can reasonably expect WWE to announce a record attendance eclipsing the disputed 101,763 figure set in Arlington’s AT&T Stadium for WrestleMania 32.

In addition to the announcement, WWE dropped a logo for the forthcoming event, an aureate effort which pretends it is taking place in Hollywood. It’s rather splendid.

Possible Locations For Survivor Series 2020 And Royal Rumble 2021, WrestleMania 37 Update

WWE is reportedly headed to Dallas, Texas for the 2020 Survivor Series pay-per-view, and to Seattle, Washington for the 2021 Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

The new report from @Wrestlevotes notes that T-Mobile Park will likely be the location for the 2021 Rumble. This is where WrestleMania 19 set a new attendance record in 2003 with 54,097 announced fans in attendance, and is the home to MLB’s Seattle Mariners. The report did not state where the 2020 Survivor Series pay-per-view will be held, but WWE usually holds events at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

It was noted that these locations are the clear front runners, if not already official within the company.

The location for WrestleMania 37 in 2021 should be revealed soon as well. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported this week that there continues to be rumblings of WrestleMania 37 being held at the new LA Stadium in the Los Angeles area. Inglewood, California Mayor James T. Butts Jr. confirmed earlier this year that the city is a finalist to host WrestleMania in 2021. Las Vegas was also a finalist but Los Angeles/Inglewood has been the favorite for several months, but two other cities were also being considered with Vegas and LA.

City officials reportedly wanted to host WrestleMania 37 in 2021 because they are scheduled to host the NFL Super Bowl in 2022, and they have the feeling that WrestleMania will be the best situation for them to learn about potential issues and work out all of the kinks before hosting the Super Bowl, because WrestleMania draws a large number of tourists. It was reported at the time that WWE officials wanted WrestleMania 38 in 2022 to be held in LA, which would be just months after the Super Bowl, so they can announce an attendance number, for their biggest event of the year, that will beat the attendance number for the NFL’s biggest event of the year.

Stay tuned for updates on the WWE pay-per-view schedules for 2020 and 2021.

WWE WrestleMania 37 Heading To Los Angeles?

We’ve only just got through the 35th edition of WrestleMania, and already attention is zooming a million miles into the future, as we look towards not just the next event in the chronology, but WrestleMania 37.

Next year’s WrestleMania has already been confirmed for Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, with a decidedly swashbuckling pirate theme to boot. Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Arash Markazi has reported that LA is the current front-runner for 2021’s Show of Shows, with a new stadium under construction in Inglewood the most likely venue.

According to Markazi, the new home of the LA Rams and Chargers is being prepped for 2022’s Super Bowl LVI, and officials are interested in using WrestleMania as a test of its big game potential.

Speaking about the possible link up, Kathy Schloessman of the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission said:

“WWE have hosted several events here in the past such as Summer Slam, Survivor Series, Raw and SmackDown and we have seen the tremendous impact these events have in the community, both economically and socially. Given our focus on attracting major sporting and entertainment events to Los Angeles, WrestleMania is at the top of our list of events we want here.”

WrestleMania last ‘went Hollywood’ in 2005, when Batista beat Triple H in the Staples Center for the World Heavyweight Championship. Two other WrestleManias have been hosted in LA; one third of the second show emanated from the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, and the same venue contained WrestleMania VII after it was moved from the much larger LA Memorial Colseum owing to poor ticket sales. Sorry: ‘security reasons’.

Harrell demands respect after Clippers top Lakers: ‘There’s 2 teams in L.A.’

 

With so much hype surrounding LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, it’s almost easy to forget they may not even be the best team in town.

The Los Angeles Clippers were booed in their own city after using a 22-0 second-half run to beat the rival Lakers 118-107, and reserve center Montrezl Harrell enjoyed every second of it.

“I love it,” Harrell said, according to ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. “Because they already don’t recognize us as a so-called L.A. team, but we don’t really care about that. But we want y’all to know that we’re the L.A. Clippers. That means Los Angeles Clippers, man. So there’s two teams in L.A.

“Y’all try to overlook us, just because of everybody in that purple and gold and the history of it. Yeah, I respect that. But that don’t mean s— to me. Excuse my French – that don’t mean nothing to me. I come out here and play for the guys that I am on the floor with. At the end of the day, y’all gonna have to recognize us, man. We are going to make you understand who we are.”

The Lakers have raised several banners since the Clippers relocated from San Diego to Los Angeles in 1984, winning eight of their 16 championships during that span. The Clippers, however, have reached the postseason just 10 times and have never played in the Western Conference finals.

Nonetheless, recent memory favors the Clippers as they’ve finished above .500 in seven straight seasons and made six playoff appearances over that time. The Lakers, meanwhile, have cracked the 30-win mark just once in the last five years and have suffered their worst postseason drought in franchise history.

The Clippers (21-14) currently sit 1.5 games ahead of the Lakers (20-16) in the competitive Western Conference.

San Diego mayor says Chargers will regret move

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer says the Chargers’ decision to move the NFL franchise to Los Angeles after 56 years is ”extremely frustrating.”

The Republican leader said at a news conference Thursday that team chairman Dean Spanos made a bad decision that he will regret, leaving behind a strong market and loyal fan base. He says the Chargers wanted a lot more taxpayer money for a new stadium than the city could have ever allowed.

Faulconer says the team could have worked out differences with the city but that the Chargers were never a willing partner.

The mayor called himself a fan and said it was a day he never wanted to see but that the city is more than one business or organization.

Chargers make L.A. move official

The Chargers formally announced Thursday that they will relocate to Los Angeles after efforts to keep the team in San Diego failed.

A letter from team owner Dean Spanos expressed his gratitude toward San Diego but hailed Los Angeles as a “remarkable place” the team is “determined to fight for.”

After much deliberation, I have made the decision to relocate the Chargers to Los Angeles, beginning with the 2017 NFL season.

San Diego has been our home for 56 years. It will always be part of our identity, and my family and I have nothing but gratitude and appreciation for the support and passion our fans have shared with us over the years.

But today, we turn the page and begin an exciting new era as the Los Angeles Chargers.

LA is a remarkable place, and while we played our first season there in 1960 and have had fans there ever since, our entire organization knows that we have a tremendous amount of work to do. We must earn the respect and support of LA football fans. We must get back to winning. And, we must make a meaningful contribution, not just on the field, but off the field as a leader and champion for the community.

The Chargers are determined to fight for LA and we are excited to get started.

 

In Los Angeles, the Chargers will reportedly play at StubHub Center (which seats only 30,000 fans) for two seasons before moving into a new, shared stadium with the Los Angeles Rams.

Galaxy ‘excited’ for groundshare with Chargers

Five-time MLS champ LA Galaxy will have some guests next year at the StubHub Center, with the NFL’s LA Chargers announcing a plan to make the 27,000-seater in Carson, Calif. its temporary home.

The Galaxy released a statement Thursday welcoming the Chargers to LA, adding that the AEG-owned stadium will feature 3,000 additional premium and field seats for the arrival of the NFL side.

The Chargers will play at StubHub Center for two seasons before moving into a new shared stadium with the Los Angeles Rams.

“We are excited to welcome the Chargers to StubHub Center,” AEG President and CEO Dan Beckerman told the Galaxy’s website. “This is a world-class facility that will give fans and our community a unique and intimate experience during NFL games.”

(Courtesy: @LAGalaxy)

Beckerman added that the ground-share program comes as a result of a relationship between he and Alex Spanos, who became Chargers majority owner in 1984.

“We’ve had a longstanding friendship with the Chargers and the Spanos family and I would like to commend the Chargers on this bold and innovative decision to move to StubHub Center,” Beckerman added. “It is truly a testament to how strongly the Chargers feel about the fan experience and their willingness to create something special for people in Southern California.

“The experience for our fans at StubHub Center will be fun and entertaining, and every seat will feel close to the action,” Spanos said Thursday. “This is a unique opportunity to see NFL action in such an intimate setting.”

According to the Galaxy’s statement, the Chargers will play its home games on days which do not conflict with the 2017 MLS schedule, which was also released Thursday