Florida mayor says WWE deemed 'essential business' during coronavirus pandemic
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been deemed an “essential business” in Florida during the coronavirus pandemic, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings (D) told reporters on Monday.
According to ESPN, Demings said WWE had not initially been deemed essential when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) issued a statewide stay-at-order at the start of the month but that after "some conversation with the governor's office" regarding the executive order, the wrestling operation was subsequently "deemed an essential business."
"So therefore they were allowed to remain open," he added.
ESPN reports that WWE, which has shoots "Monday Night Raw" live from a facility in Orlando as well several other shows in the state, will able to go back to taping its matches live again.
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